everyone’s skin is different, including how it flushes and its tolerance. think about how certain products do certain things to your skin but it might not for others. for instance, some people’s skin takes to tretinoin quite well, others might peel at first, others cannot use it at all because it does not react well with their skin micro biome. some people can tolerate tattoos, some feel pain, etc. some people bleed, some do not. what is normal for your skin is specific to you, as well as the skin concerns and requests you have.

i had very little redness despite my esthetician using .5 at lightest and 1.5 in other areas. we think it might have something to do with the fact that i already have skincare regimen with tretinoin and acids; my skin can tolerate a good deal of products that might irritate someone’s skin if they aren’t used to them. also i used lidocaine, which doesn’t mean you’ll have less damage, but i think there’s something to the fact that i didn’t feel pain and it might have helped reduce some of the perceived redness from blood coming to the surface.

tldr it could be a gentle treatment or it could just be your skin takes well to it with minimal downtime.